Just Released: U.S. Housing Market Conditions, Fourth Quarter 2008

From: HUD USER News
 
HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research has
released a new issue of U.S. Housing Market Conditions
for the fourth quarter of 2008. The report contains an
analysis of housing production, marketing, affordability
and interest rates, and the multifamily housing sector,
and provides comparisons to both the previous quarter
and the third quarter of 2008. This issue presents
updated national data, overviews of economic and housing
market trends within each HUD region, and historical
trends in national and regional housing markets. The
feature article explores the history and status of HUD's
local housing market analyses.
 
In-depth housing market profiles are also drawn for the
following areas: Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas; Houston-
Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas; Jackson, Mississippi;
Lafayette, Louisiana; Madison, Wisconsin; Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma; Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska-Iowa; Richmond,
Virginia; San Francisco, California; Seattle,
Washington; Springfield, Missouri; and Tucson, Arizona.
 
This and previous U.S. Housing Market Conditions reports
are now available online and can be downloaded for free
at www.huduser.gov/periodicals/ushmc.html. Printed
copies can be ordered at no cost from the HUD USER
Clearinghouse by calling 800-245-2691, option 1.
 
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